I drive a 2010 Hyundai Limited with a 3.5 V6 whose oil I change myself. The oil filter on this vehicle is the paper cartridge type and is installed in an oil filter housing located under the hood. Once I’ve drained the dirty oil from the oil pan, and have removed and replaced the used cartridge, is there any reason I cannot add the new (clean) oil directly into the oil filter housing, instead of through the oil filler opening? Seems like a great idea to speed up oil priming, but not sure if there is a consideration I'm not aware of.
To keep it short: fill the oil through the normal oil filler location as recommended by the manufacturer.
Seems like a great idea to speed up oil priming
The oil pump picks up oil directly out of the oil pan. No priming needed. And even if it did, priming needs to happen on the pump input side which your suggestion doesn't do.
is there any reason I cannot add the new (clean) oil directly into the oil filter housing,
It probably wouldn't even work. The input to housing is blocked, and the output could be uphill or lead to narrow galleries etc. You need the capacity of the sump in the oil pan to put in the 3qts or whatever is necessary, and the oils needs to go fairly quick or you'll be there all day.
Oil quickly drains into the pan, and then the pump PRESSURE takes oil to the filter and engine crankcase.
There's a reason engines have a dedicated oil filler. Use it.
No, do NOT do this. The quote below is from AgcoAuto, which I consider a trusted source:
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Bottled oil is very clean, but has not been filtered. Also any debris that enters the threaded opening of the filter will not pass through the filter element. An example may be the foil that seals the oil bottle or any debris on the bottle. Oil poured into the filter is on the output side and is transported into the engine. The oil pump pumps oil on the output side of the oil filter straight to the engine bearings. Any debris that falls into the filter when filling will cause engine damage. (end quote)
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Given all of the problems with Hyundai and Kai engines, you don't want to add a risk factor.
Here's the AgcoAuto page on changing oil: http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/171
I agree about not filling this way, but I call BS on the first part. Oil out of the new bottle is the cleanest it'll ever be.
I suppose I read Althazan's explanation a bit differently. My read is that debris may be introduced by a careless opening of the seal on a bottle, or that in the bottling process, the prefilled bottles may be not entirely free of debris, on the assembly line (such as microscopic pieces of plastic, etc.). All of that seems plausible, in my view.
Oil has to be immaculately clean. I would not think twice about it. Microscopic plastic won't do squat, and might even go right through the filter.
And if you can't open a bottle of oil without dropping big chunks into it (and not noticing), then you're a nincompoop.
Well, I disagree with your sentiment, both in terms of content and in the dismissive use of an ad hominism. As to content: For example, surgical rooms and equipment are supposed to be sterile. Yet, as anyone who knows the healthcare business too well, tens of thousands of infections, from staph to C dif, occur each year because there is a gap between what is and what is supposed to be, at least in a theoretical sense. And we see this in other realms of commerce, as well, from metal and glass shards in food to levels of E Coli. We even see this in pharmaceuticals.
So, while you make not think twice about such things, such "slippage" is a constituent part of everyday life. Machines aren't properly calibrated, dangerous impurities find their way into drugs, and everyday manufacturing and delivery processes can and are imperfect. So, given all of that, and the very high regard that I hold Louis Althazan in, I'll take his observations over yours, in this case.
OK. Don't forget wear mask, bunny suit, gloves and hairnet when changing your oil. Wouldn't want microscopic skin flakes falling in there. 🙄
how do you even watch Scotty videos? He calls me stupid almost every week 😆
Well, one doesn't have to agree with everything a person says uncritically. Take Scotty: There are some well-known examples (among the many pieces of good advice that he's given) of glaring and obvious mistakes he's made, in giving advice. So, it's a matter of separating the proverbial wheat from the chaff.
And what's true of Scotty is certainly true of the rest of us, in this regard.
And his politics are a conumdrum: On the one hand, much of his social and economic commentary about corporations and the working man sounds a lot like Michael Moore. (Trashing GM, PR firms, self-serving bureaucrats and politicians, etc.) But he's like the inverse of Michael Moore, somehow believing (or appearing to believe, if he's just pandering to his audience) that Trump cares about working folks.
So, I just tune that out, as well.
Specifically, as for the "stupid" motif: Scotty's wife is a retired K-12 teacher. If a teacher called a student "stupid," they would be initially reprimanded and probably sent to some remedial refresher course on professional conduct. If it happened again, they would be suspended. If it happened a third time, they would be terminated.
Scotty knows this kind of thing, and I doubt he speaks this way, in person. It's a target marketing gimmick. Folks like me aren't his target market. I don't like it, but I tune it out, just like the misbegotten, if implicit, Trumpism or the consistent and routine way he calls NHTSA "The National Highway and Transportation Association" instead of the correct long-form name of NHTSA ("The National Highway and Transportation Administration.")
And, sometimes, the details of the news items he brings up are incomplete or incorrect. (It's easy to double check those things).
Again, the reality is that we all take what we deem to be useful and discard the rest. And that's true in how I approach Scotty, as well. In life, triangulate sources and triangulate truth claims. Always.
Lighten up man. I don't deserve this kind of over analysis.